Finland
Manserama 2024: A Decade of Skating Frenzy and Finnish Summer Magic
We roared into Tampere like a pack of deranged lunatics, chasing the ghost of Gonzo himself. This is the sauna capital of the world, the beating heart of the happiest skate community on earth, and damn it, the warmest, most welcoming one too.
Manserama 2023 – Tampere, Finland
Finland’s locals never give up on celebrating our favorite pastime on four wheels. Over the last years, one town took up a really a massive collective effort and created what to me is one of the most lovely “skate towns” in Northern Europe – and that town is Tampere! Their work led to the creation of the infamous Kenneli DIY Bowl, the Pirkanmaan Kaarikoirat ry association, the outdoor bowl of Iso Villunen, and plenty of cool skate spots all around town.
Södervik Mästare – VOL 3 – Suvilahti DIY. Helsinki, Finland
By homies, for homies. Real shit no gimmics. Södervik Mästare VOL 3 – Suvilahti DIY #SAVESUVILAHTIDIY
Söderviks Mästare – Suvilahti DIY
Do’s and don’ts for a DIY-event. First of all don’t be afraid to dream big, … Keep reading
MANSERAMA Bowl Jam – Tampere, Finland
Words and photos by Nicolos Bouvy When we decided with my wife in 2014 to … Keep reading
KLAPI STREETBOARDS – PISTE
Klapi is a fully Finnish company. We like sauna and beer. The OG members who started this are Joni Kiiskilä (featured on the cover of Confusion issue #16), Oskari Kantonen, Jukka Maine and Markus Aso.
This is the final movie of Klapi. Enjoy if you can, have a fucking good time! R.I.P. Klapi.
Joensuu DIY – Finland
This place is situated in Joensuu which is a small city in eastern Finland. This DIY spot is actually a street takeover.
Suvilahti DIY skatepark – Helsinki, Finland
We had this small skatepark in the early 90s where we built skateable obstacles. Some neighbors complained about the noise and the city people tore it down. We didn’t have a permit to build anything but that didn’t stop us because there was no other skatepark anywhere near. We ended up building several different parks but every one of those were destroyed by the city of Helsinki….
Ruoke DIY – Finland
The spot is about 10 km from Jyvaskyla, near Ruoke village in the middle of nowhere on this abandoned highway stop. Those barriers have been there for ages and we all have had our eyes on them for years. Two years ago Ville and few other guys started this spot by doing a small concrete tranny to make one of those barriers skateable